HOUSTON-An accountant takes 4,091 sf at the Chase Bank building in the River Oaks/Galleria submarket while a long-time tenant, Ultramarine, re-ups its 3,207-sf pact at 3100 S. Gessner in Westchase.

MESA, AZ-An immediate need to move meets the original asking price of about $1.2 million as Maslonka & Associates puts up four months of rent and about $1 million for a 23,000-sf structure in Mesa.

PHOENIX-EJM seals back-to-back deals for its 19th and Pinnacle Peak Commerceplex, with the newest signing providing industrial space for a construction supply company. The six-month-old building is now 45% occupied.

TUCSON-The 80-unit Dakotah Hills is going back in time to its original development model. A Tucson partnership intends to convert the leased units into for-sale condos, with anticipated asking prices of $131,000.

HOUSTON-This month, Hines starts the renovation of its second project in Milan, a four-building, 264,000-sf former post office. The project, carrying a year-end 2003 finish, is attracting interest from a number of prospective tenants.

HOUSTON-JKL Land is fine-tuning plans for an office-warehouse project at the crossroads of West 43rd Street and Hempstead Highway. The 3.78 acres had been on the market for about six months at an asking price of more than $400,000.

HOUSTON-Integra Realty Resources, M/PF Research and Cushman & Wakefield of Texas' valuation team all concur that Houston is a shining star in the multifamily sector. But will it continue its momentum?

MESA, AZ-Famous Footwear signs another Arizona location as it completes a lease for 10,000 sf at the Target Center in Mesa. In Tempe, Floor By Design takes 5,000 sf at the Grove Parkway Plaza along Elliot Road.